Random Notes

State of Iowa took a man’s son from him for the flimsiest (and most Iowan) of reasons, is to be published at last (Simon & Schuster, January, $4.95).

Ron Ziel and George Foster, each of whom owns a genuine steam locomotive, have traced down every coal-burner still operating on the North American continent and written Steam in the Sixties (Meredith, $10). @